The Dutch contralto/mezzo-soprano, Annemieke van der Ploeg, discovered during her piano studies at the Conservatory and the training teacher education, her talent and love for singing. After completing the teacher training college, she continued her training as a classical singer at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen and the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Royal Conservatory) in The Hague. She received singing lessons from Sasja Hunnego, Jan and Gerda van Zelm and graduated in 2004. She took lessons and master-classes with Jard van Nes, Miranda van Kralingen, Michael Chance, Romanian opera singer Constantin Nica, Marco Beasley and Margreet Honig. Currently she is coached by Hanneke de Wit. In addition, she takes singing lessons with the respiratory therapist Paul Triepels.

Her operatic repertoire includes roles such as; Carmen i the opera by Georges Bizet; Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, MacHeath in Weill's Drei Gros Cher Opera; La Chatte in L'enfant et les sortilèges by Ravel; La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica by Puccini; Ida in Die Fledermaus by Strauss and the 3rd and 2nd Lady Knabe in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte; L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi She also participated in the implementation of The Desert Music by Steve Reich conducted by Reinbert at Steve Reich Festival in The Hague.